Defenders of Riga (2014)

  • 16
  • 03/25/2014 (DE)
  • Action, Drama, History, War
  • 1h 58m

Overview

The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them inexperienced volunteers, somehow managed to defeat a larger, better-armed force of German and Russian mercenaries.

Aigars Grauba

Director, Writer

Lisa Eichhorn

Writer

Valentin Jemeljanov

Writer

Andrejs Ēķis

Writer

Andris Kolbergs

Story

Cast

Jānis Reinis's headshot

Jānis Reinis

Mārtiņš
Elita Kļaviņa's headshot

Elita Kļaviņa

Elza
Ģirts Krūmiņš's headshot

Ģirts Krūmiņš

Pavel Bermondt
Romualds Ancans's headshot

Romualds Ancans

Rüdiger von der Goltz
Vilis Daudziņš's headshot

Vilis Daudziņš

Paulis
Andris Keišs's headshot

Andris Keišs

Ernests
Artūrs Skrastiņš's headshot

Artūrs Skrastiņš

Jēkabs
Kęstutis Jakštas's headshot

Kęstutis Jakštas

President Kārlis Ulmanis

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